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Marketplace Glossary Southeast Asia is noted for its night markets, floating markets and pirate markets (markets that specialise in selling "knock off" copies of designer brands). Some Asian countries have developed unique distribution systems and highly specialised types of market place. Throughout Asia, a wet market refers to a place where fruit, vegetables, fish, seafood and meat products are sold. In antiquity, markets were typically situated in the town's centre. The market was surrounded by alleyways inhabited by skilled artisans, such as metal-workers, leather workers and carpenters. These artisans may have sold wares directly from their premises, but also prepared goods for sale on market days.Across ancient Greece market places were to be found in most city states, where they operated within the agora . A Meena Bazaar is a marketplace where goods are sold in an effort to raise money for charity. In the Middle East, documentary sources suggest that a form of ba